From an article in The Guardian:

Real Madrid v Arsenal

There are no easy games come the quarter-finals of the Champions League but Arsenal will raise an eyebrow at getting the kindest route to the final of the three English sides. Madrid are the youngest team in the tournament, Real Tacon having been absorbed into the club as the women’s team in 2020, and they have reached the last eight for the second time. They are second in Liga F, five points behind Barcelona, who beat them 5-0 in the Supercopa final at the end of last month. Madrid added the Brazilian defender Yasmim in January to strengthen their backline. Arsenal, the only English team to have picked up European honours, when they won the title in 2007, are in their 16th quarter-final, a record they share with Lyon. Under Renée Slegers the Gunners have lost only twice this season, to Chelsea in the WSL and against Manchester City in the semi-final of the League Cup on Thursday. The addition of Chloe Kelly, on loan from City, and the USA defender Jenna Nighswonger has added a little depth as they attempt to go one step further than in 2023, when their injury-hit side narrowly missed out on a place in the final to Wolfsburg.

Predicted winners: Arsenal

Women’s Champions League draw. We play away at Real Madrid. 18/19 March. At home on 26/27 March.

If we get through, the SF would be against Lyon or Bayern.

The one I heard was, “Stay humble, you cunt. Stay humble, you cunt. Erling Haaland, stay humble, you cunt.”

Bold look from Tony Adams.

11pm kickoff here. I wasn’t going to stay up but started to watch the first half…too much excitement for that time of night for me!

Update. She isn’t cup tied in the League Cup but as the semi is Man City, she can’t play.

https://flic.kr/p/2qJz3Lf

I might go and order a MLS shirt now

I didn’t watch that match but having now looked back at highlights, yes.

Tim Stillman says that she is cup tied for both domestic cups. Probably means she will play a lot of WSL minutes.

My quick search indicates she’s cup tied for the FA Cup.

A few whispers today about the Atalanta striker, Retegui

Welcome back!

I read this article in the Arseblog AFCW newsletter the other day and it made me tut. The Walsh news/rumour makes it even worse.

Reports that Chelsea are getting Keira Walsh. 😭

Did we also have another young GK on the bench? I didn’t examine the lineup very closely.

In this dimension, yes!

I’m glad I’m not living in the dimension where Neto gets a hand on the ball outside the area, gets sent off and we play an hour with Rice in goal, down to 10 players.

I just watched Calafiori at the pre-Girona press conf. Very impressive answers to questions in noth English and in Spanish.

We won the battle but I’m still angry this even happened. Additionally, the PGMOL travelling clown show will carry on with little to no reform.